Quote Originally Posted by BigFatPie View Post
It is a bit of a pisser that we lose key people at the drop of a phone call, especially when you see that someone like Stockport have somehow managed to keep hold of Challinor.

The optimistic side of me thinks we could afford to pay silly money to keep hold of them but choose not to in the name of sustainability. And also the owners have confidence in themselves to get someone better.

My goodwill to Luke Williams has definitely run out he will be gutted to hear.
Yeah, I know. The clubs we are competing with don't seem to have their best players and coaching staff nabbed repeatedly. But as we've said before, this is the strategy in action. And the fact we have so much interest in our personnel is because we have something special going on here.

I do think there comes a point when offering a star player/coach more money makes more sense than letting them go though. Say we get promoted this season and Jatta gets 20+ goals, I'd rather we offered him a big new deal than look to sell for a big profit. But then it's not my money.